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From: Dean H. on 22 Jan 2008 08:55 "Tim H" Try adding more tungsten balls to the clutch. Rekluse sent my clutch with 5 tungsten balls, and instructions that would lead you to believe that you shouldn't use more of them, but on the recommendation of our Mr. Cook, I doubled that to 10 tungsten balls, and the improvement in low end hook up was monumental. The bike will still idle in gear, but as soon as you crack the throttle it starts hooking up. The loss of the low speed hook up was the main compaint I had with the Rekluse, but now I'm a happy camper. For the kind of riding we do, more heavy balls is definetely better. ***************** Hmmmm. Very interesting. This was one of my fears about installing the rekluse on my 300. It seemed to me in my few hours on DJ's cheater200 that the clutch expected and demanded a more aggressive throttle. And as we know, things can happen pretty quickly on a 300 if you get too aggressive. I do a lot of loafing around with little squirts of throttle when I'm in tight woods on the 300. Of course, you ride a lot more aggressively than I do anyway. How do you like the rekluse on downhill stuff?
From: Wudsracer on 22 Jan 2008 10:28 ******************************************** >"Tim H" > >Try adding more tungsten balls to the clutch. Rekluse sent my clutch >with 5 tungsten balls, and instructions that would lead you to believe >that you shouldn't >use more of them, but on the recommendation of our Mr. Cook, I doubled >that to 10 tungsten balls, and the improvement in low end hook up was >monumental. The bike >will still idle in gear, but as soon as you crack the throttle it >starts hooking up. The loss of the low speed hook up was the main >compaint I had with the Rekluse, but now I'm a happy camper. For the >kind of riding we do, more heavy balls is definetely better. > >***************** >On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:55:16 -0500, "Dean H." <moto(a)groove.calm> wrote: > >Hmmmm. Very interesting. This was one of my fears about installing the >rekluse on my 300. It seemed to me in my few hours on DJ's cheater200 that >the clutch expected and demanded a more aggressive throttle. And as we know, >things can happen pretty quickly on a 300 if you get too aggressive. I do a >lot of loafing around with little squirts of throttle when I'm in tight >woods on the 300. >Of course, you ride a lot more aggressively than I do anyway. >How do you like the rekluse on downhill stuff? > **************************************** Downhills are no problem. Just rev the engine to about 1300 rpm (with the tungsten balls) and you have engine braking. As long as you don't lock the rear wheel, it stays with you. I drag the rear brakes lightly and the front brakes as much as I feel confident with. I also give it a blip of throttle every once in a while, as I go over obstacles on the way down. On big steep hills, this is usually done in first or second gear. Wudsracer/Jim Cook Smackover Racing '06 Gas Gas DE300 '82 Husqvarna XC250 Team LAGNAF
From: Tim H on 22 Jan 2008 10:49 On Jan 22, 7:28 am, Wudsracer <dirtbike_smackoverRem...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > ******************************************** > > > > > > >"Tim H" > > >Try adding more tungsten balls to the clutch. Rekluse sent my clutch > >with 5 tungsten balls, and instructions that would lead you to believe > >that you shouldn't > >use more of them, but on the recommendation of our Mr. Cook, I doubled > >that to 10 tungsten balls, and the improvement in low end hook up was > >monumental. The bike > >will still idle in gear, but as soon as you crack the throttle it > >starts hooking up. The loss of the low speed hook up was the main > >compaint I had with the Rekluse, but now I'm a happy camper. For the > >kind of riding we do, more heavy balls is definetely better. > > >***************** > >On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:55:16 -0500, "Dean H." <m...(a)groove.calm> wrote: > > >Hmmmm. Very interesting. This was one of my fears about installing the > >rekluse on my 300. It seemed to me in my few hours on DJ's cheater200 that > >the clutch expected and demanded a more aggressive throttle. And as we know, > >things can happen pretty quickly on a 300 if you get too aggressive. I do a > >lot of loafing around with little squirts of throttle when I'm in tight > >woods on the 300. > >Of course, you ride a lot more aggressively than I do anyway. > >How do you like the rekluse on downhill stuff? > > **************************************** > > Downhills are no problem. > Just rev the engine to about 1300 rpm (with the tungsten balls) and > you have engine braking. As long as you don't lock the rear wheel, it > stays with you. > I drag the rear brakes lightly and the front brakes as much as I feel > confident with. I also give it a blip of throttle every once in a > while, as I go over obstacles on the way down. > On big steep hills, this is usually done in first or second gear. > > Wudsracer/Jim Cook > Smackover Racing > '06 Gas Gas DE300 > '82 Husqvarna XC250 > Team LAGNAF- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - What Jim said. While you can "fall off the clutch" on really slow downhills, it hooks right back up with a very minimal throttle input (blip). It's not nearly as scary as it might sound; it takes next to nothing to get the clutch to reconnect with the extra Tungsten balls (10 total), it was a little more touchy about it with the 5-ball setup, but even with that setup and its higher clutch engagement speeds downhills were quite easy to keep the clutch engaged for engine braking. You should probably come out here or go to Arkansas for a test ride to check it out. In slippery, rocky, rooty, snotty trails, the auto clutch 300 is like cheating (especially with a trials tire). Tim H Tim H
From: Jeff Deeney on 22 Jan 2008 12:11 "HardWorkingDog" <harvey(a)mush.man> wrote in message news:harvey-0561C7.17183121012008(a)individual.net... > In article <uZCdnYTRCulgpQjanZ2dnUVZ_smnnZ2d(a)comcast.com>, > "Jeff Deeney" <jld(a)nospam.com> wrote: > >> Here's how well tire chains work on solid ice, covered with a dusting of >> snow. >> >> http://65.57.254.60/ktmtalk/photogallery/galleries/members/Ebay_Listings_037.j >> pg > Meant to do what? > > Dull and dim-witted minds want to know. Ummmm, copy buffer had the wrong item in it? Try this... http://crash.smugmug.com/gallery/4201585#245837089-A-LB -Jeff-
From: Jeff Deeney on 22 Jan 2008 12:17
"Dean H." <moto(a)groove.calm> wrote in message news:EsidnSKEz-pdaAjanZ2dnUVZ_sCtnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > "Tim H" > > Try adding more tungsten balls to the clutch. Rekluse sent my clutch > with 5 tungsten balls, and instructions that would lead you to believe > that you shouldn't > use more of them, but on the recommendation of our Mr. Cook, I doubled > that to 10 tungsten balls, and the improvement in low end hook up was > monumental. The bike > will still idle in gear, but as soon as you crack the throttle it > starts hooking up. The loss of the low speed hook up was the main > compaint I had with the Rekluse, but now I'm a happy camper. For the > kind of riding we do, more heavy balls is definetely better. That's pretty much how my bike is already set up. The previous owner was an older gentleman who told me it was set up for the lowest possible engagement. When riding on ice, I want it engaged *at* idle, not just above idle. Even using taller gears with more slippage didn't help. I would hit some long grades where my speed was limited by traction. I had to keep backing off the throttle as the rear wheel started slipping. Part of the problem might have also been tire selection. Despite my riding partner having fewer chains, he had vastly bettre traction. The easy solution will be to ride the XR200 next time. You just don't need a whole lot of power and suspension when riding in the snow. -Jeff- |